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adjective

matured

fully ripe; at the height of bloom

In a sentence

Six example sentences with matured, each labelled with its topic.

  • A matured pear gives slightly under the thumb and needs nothing but a knife and a cold plate.

    Cooking

  • Bees work the matured clover first, ignoring the buds at the edge of the meadow until later in the week.

    Environment

  • She shoots the matured sunflowers at dawn, when the heads are heaviest and the field still holds some mist.

    Photography

  • Botanists collect the matured seed heads in late August, when the pods have turned brown and rattle when shaken.

    Science

  • The still life shows matured plums, skins split and heavy with juice, beside a knife that has not yet been used.

    Art

  • Time the trip for early summer, when the matured lavender fields turn the whole valley purple for about three weeks.

    Travel

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